This database serves as the Washington Geology Library catalog as well as a digital bibliography of the geology and mineral resources of Washington (including the Tsunami Library Catalog of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program). Items added weekly.

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This searchable database includes materials published since 1798, and are held at our Washington Geology Library in Olympia, Washington. Many items in the Geology Library are available full-text online; for these items, a URL will be displayed in the search results.

As of October 2013, the database includes the citations and indexing for over 52,000 items. Approximately 1,000 items are added annually. This database has been maintained at the Division offices since 1935 and has been the source for our series of published bibliographies. New materials are added to the database monthly.

Virtually all of the items included in this database are held at the Washington Geology Library in Olympia, Washington. Materials are not loaned from the library collection, but are available for examination during our office hours. Materials can be copied, photographed, or scanned.

Some of the items are in print and available for sale from the publishers (for example, from the U.S. Geological Survey or the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources). These items are available digitally as well. Contact librarian for more information.

This database was compiled and edited by Connie J. Manson, Lee Walkling, and Stephanie Earls. We are gratified that this index project continues to be highly valued by the geoscience community. They deserve no less than our best efforts.

This major ongoing project has been a significant investment by the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources and its predecessor agencies since 1935. The credit for the continued support for this project—through good times and bad—rests squarely with the State Geologists:

George A. Bethune, 1890-1892

Division inactive due to lack of funds, 1893-1900

Henry Landes, 1901-1920

Solon Shedd, 1920-1925

Harold E. Culver, 1925-1945

Sheldon L. Glover, 1945-1957

Marshall T. Huntting, 1957-1971

Vaughn E. (Ted) Livingston, Jr., 1971-1982

Raymond Lasmanis, 1982-2001

Ron Teissere, 2001-2008

David K. Norman, 2008-present

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